OCI Devops Engineer

We are looking for a highly experienced OCI DevOps Engineer with 7 to 11 years of hands-on experience in building, automating, and managing cloud-native DevOps pipelines and infrastructure on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). "• CI/CD Pipeline Design & Management: - Design, build, and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using OCI DevOps Service (Build Pipelines, Deployment Pipelines, Code Repositories). Integrate OCI DevOps with third-party tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, and Bitbucket Pipelines. • Implement automated testing, code quality gates, security scanning (SAST, DAST), and artifact management within pipelines. • Manage deployment strategies including Blue/Green, Canary, and Rolling deployments on OCI. • Ensure pipeline reliability, performance optimization, and rollback capabilities. • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Develop and maintain Terraform modules for OCI infrastructure provisioning including Compute, Networking, Storage, and Database resources. • Implement OCI Resource Manager stacks for infrastructure lifecycle management. • Enforce IaC best practices including modularization, state management, version control, and drift detection. • Use Ansible, Chef, or Puppet for configuration management and post-provisioning automation. • Container & Kubernetes Management: - Deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications on Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE). • Design Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests for application deployments. • Implement Kubernetes security best practices including RBAC, Pod Security Policies, Network Policies, and OPA Gateways. • Manage OCI Container Registry (OCIR) for Docker image versioning and lifecycle management. • Integrate service mesh solutions (Istio, Linkerd) for microservices communication and observability. • Monitoring, Logging & Observability: - Set up and manage OCI Monitoring, OCI Logging, OCI Logging Analytics, and Application Performance Monitoring (APM)." "• Hands-on experience with OCI DevOps Service (Build Pipelines, Deployment Pipelines, Artifacts, Code Repositories, Environments). • Proficiency in OCI Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) and OCI Container Registry (OCIR). • Experience with OCI Functions, OCI API Gateway, and OCI Streaming. • Knowledge of OCI Resource Manager (Terraform-based IaC). • Familiarity with OCI Compute, Block Storage, Object Storage, and Networking services. • CI/CD & Automation Tools: - Strong expertise in Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or equivalent CI/CD platforms. • Hands-on experience with Terraform (Advanced Level), Ansible, and configuration management tools. • Proficiency in Docker and Kubernetes (OKE or equivalent managed K8s). • Experience with Helm for Kubernetes application packaging and deployment. • Programming & Scripting: - Proficiency in Python, Ansible, Bash scripting for automation. • Working knowledge of YAML, JSON for configuration and IaC templates. • Familiarity with Go or Java for tooling customization (Good to Have). • Monitoring & Observability: - Hands-on experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or Datadog. • Experience with OCI Monitoring, OCI Logging, and OCI APM. • Knowledge of distributed tracing tools (Jaeger, Zipkin, or OCI APM). • Version Control & Collaboration: - Strong expertise in Git workflows (GitFlow, trunk-based development). • Experience with JIRA, Confluence, or similar project management tools. • Familiarity with code review processes and standards. Certifications: • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2024/25 DevOps Professional Certification • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2024/25 Architect Associate • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2024/25 Foundations Associate (OCI Foundations Associate) • Additional Preferred Certifications: - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2024 Architect Professional • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) - Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) • HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate - AWS Certified DevOps Engineer • Professional (Good to Have) - Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (Good to Have) - Docker Certified Associate (DCA) - GitLab Certified CI/CD Associate / Professional"